Printing-press.



PATENTED APR. 4:, 1905.

No. 786,716. H. F. BEGHMAN;

PRINTING PRESS.

APBLIOATIOH FILED JULY 22,1904.

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No.786,716. V PATENTBD.APR.4.-1905.

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No. 786,716. PATENTED APR. 4,.1905.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1904.

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No. 786,716. PATENTED APR. 4-, 190,5. H. P. BEOHMAN.

PRINTING PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22,1904.

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Ilrarrnn STATE Patented April 4 1905 PATENT union.

' HENRY lE. BEOI-IMAN, BATTLECREEK, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO DU- PLEX PRINTING PRESS COMPANY, OF BATTLECBEEK, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 786,716, dated April 4, 1905.

Application filed July 22, 1904. Serial No. 217,704.

To (M w/eom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY E. BECHMAN, of Battlecreelnin the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Printing-Presses; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

I This invention is an improvement in webprinting presses of the duplex type; and its objectis to enlarge the capacity of such presses to enable them to print papers of larger size up to sixteen pages, although such press is I 5 capable of printing any even number of pages from two to sixteen.

The present invention is an improvement up on the well-known duplex fiat-bed typeprintlng web-perfecting press, and it mainly 2O dlfiers therefrom in the addition thereto of two additional beds and cylinders, which are feed mechanism, one delivery mechanism,-

and one equalizing or looping mechanism to handle any even number of pages -from two to sixteen, thus enabling the ordinary mechanism of a duplex press to do double the work which it has heretofore been possible to do in that machine.

I will now describe the invention, with ref- 'erence to the accompanying drawings, in 4 which Figure 1 is alongitudinslsectional elevation or diagram of the complete machine, showing the mode of handlingt'wo webs therein to produce paper of more than eight pages-say a sixteen-page paper. Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

and 8 are diagrammatical views'illustrating different ways of threading the press printing 1n one color. Figs. 9, l0, and 11 are d agrammatical views illustrating the method of threading the web printing in multicolor. 5

In the drawings, A A A A" designate the type-beds, which are shown arranged parallel one over the other in vertical alinement.

B, B, B and B designate impression-cylinders which coact with the respective beds.

The cylinders B B are" journaled in carriers (1, as 1n the ordlnary duplex press, which carriers are reciprocated by means of pitman O and cranlrwheels The cylinders B" B are yournaled 1n. similar carriers 0, which may be reciprocated by pitman 0 from crank-wheels 0 the crank-wheels O and 0 being driven by intermeshing gearing, as in- (heated in the drawings. On opposite sides of cylinder B are traveling guides 6, and op- 5 posite cylinder B and traveling therewith are guides b and cylinders B B having guides b b traveling therewith, as shown.'

. D D designate the feed-in rolls, with which coact tapes D. i 7

E E are the delivery-rolls, with which coact tapes E.

ff are the lower and upper equalizers or Web-looping rolls, which are mounted on reciprocating bars E, which are connected at the machine.

As shown in Fig. 1, two webs are threaded through the machine. The outer or upper-9 web W is led from the roll W under a guide 1 to the feeding-rolls D, then is looped upward over the lower looper f, passes down under a guide 2, forward over the cylinderguide V between cylinder B and bed A back to a guide 3, up over a guide 4, back over the dinary duple'r: press.

cylinder-guides b and between cylinder B and bed A back to a guide 5, then looped under the upper looping-rollerf", and carried to the delivery E. So far as this web is concerned it is fed into and directed between the upper two beds and cylinders and looped and delivered exactly as the web is handled in the orlhe second or under web w is led from the roll 10, under guide 1,, through the feed-in rolls D, being assembled there with the web WV and fed simultaneously therewith, passes on as tar as the loopingrollerf, but instead of passing under the guide 2 is led downward to guide 6, opposite the cylinder B. It is then led inward between the cylinder B and bed A, passing over cylinder-guides i), then back to rear guide or coaxer roller 7, up over another guide 8, then back between the bed A and cylinder B, passing over the cylinder-guide rollers 6, back to a stationary guide 9, over which it is turned and carried bacl: above the cylinder B and below the bed A to a guide 10 above the guide 8, and then passes up over guide 4 and above the cylinder B direct to roller 5, where it is assembled with the web (V once more and looped therewith under rolleif and passes therewith to the delivery-rolls E. So far as this particular we) is concerned it is fed into and through the two lower beds and cylinders and perfected thereby in substantially the same manner as the web is perfected in the ordinary duplex press. It will be observed, however, that I employ but one feeding-in mechanism, but one looping mechanism, and but one delivery mechanism to handle the webs and that the product of this press {both webs being threaded throughout in the manner described) would be sixteen pages printed in one color. Another method of threading this press is shown in 2, in which the webs and u. passtogether as far as the roll 9, at which point they separate, web W then passing between cylinder B and bed A, around guide 8, directly up to and over guide 3, then back between bed A and cylinder B to guide 2, and then up to guide 5, where it meets the web 1/; and passes therewith to the delivery. The web '10 is separated lroin web Vi at {l and passes to the lower guide 6, then passes between lower cylinder B and bed A to guide 7, then up past web N to the upper guide et, then between bed A" and cylinder B" to guide 5, where it meets web W and passes therewith to the delivery. In this press it will be observed that one web is perfected on the lower and top beds and the other web is perfected on the two intermediate beds.

Diagram Fig. 3 shows how one web maybe perfected on the second and fourth beds. in this instance the web passes through the feed and from the lower looping-roller f direct to and around the'guidc 9, then between the bed A and cylinder B to the guide 8, then up to f to the delivery.

the guide 4, back between the bed A and cylinder B to the guide thence under the upper looping-roller to the delivery. In this way a single web may be perfected on the third. and fourth bed.

Diagram Fig. at shows a web may be perfected on the top and bottom webs ol this ma.- chine. In this instance the web passes from the roller direct to the guide (3, thence between the bed A and cylinder B to the guide 7, thence up direct to the guide i, back between the cylinder B and bed A to the guide 5, thence under the upper looping-roller f to the delivery. in this instance the second and third beds and cylinders have no work to perform.

Diagram Fig. 5 shows how the web may be perfected on the first and third beds. ln this instance the web passes over the lower looping-rollerf to the guide (3, thence between bed A and cylinder B to the guide 7, then up over the guide 3, back between bed A" and cylinder B to the guide 2, then up over the nude 5, down under the upper looping-mllcrf and thence to the delivery. lln this instance the second and top beds and cylinders have no work to perlori'n.

Diagram Fig. (3 shows how the web may be perfected on the two upper beds. In this case the web passes from the lower looping-roller f down under guide 2, then between bed A and cylinder B" back to guide 3, up over guide i, and back bet-ween bed A" and cylinder B" to .guide 5, then down under the looping-roller and out to the delivery. iln this instance the two lower beds and cylii'iders have no work to perform.

Diagram Fig. 7 shows how a single web may be perfected on the two lower beds. In this case the web passes from the lower loopingroller 7 down under guide 0 then between bed A and cylinder l) to guide r, then up over guide 8 back between cylinder B and bed A. to guide 9, thence up past guide 2 to guide 5, thence down under the upper looping-roller In this instance the two upper beds and cyliinlers have no work to perform.

Diagram Fig. 8 shows how a web may be perfected on the two middle beds and cylinders, the web passing from lower loopingrollerf down under guide .l, thence between bed A and cylinder B to guide 8, thence up over guide 3 back between bed A and cylinder l3 to guide .2, thence up over guide 5, down under the upper looping-roller f to the delivery. in this case the top and hotlom beds and cylinders have no work to perform.

Diagram Fig. 9 shows how a single web may be printed in colors on this nnuchine. in this instance the web passes from roller down under guide 6, then between bed A and cylinder l) to guide 7, up over guide h, back between bed A and cylinder 3 to and around guide 9, (being perfected on the two lower beds and cylinders.) From guide 9 it passes back to and under guide and then up over guide 3, back between bed A and cylinder 13 to guide 2, receiving a colored impression from bed A and then passes from roller 2 up to guide 5, thence down under upper loopingroller f, and up to delivery. In this casethe two lower beds mayapply one color and the bed A a different color to the web, or the bed A may apply black perfecting color, the colored impression being taken from theforms on bed A.

Fig. 10 shows another arrangement for printing a single web in multicclors on this machine. In this instance the web passes from looping-roller f to and under guide 6, then between bed A and cylinder B to guide 7, up over guide 8, back between bed A and cylinder B to guide 9, back to guide 10, up over guide 4:, back between bed A and cylinder B to guide 5, thence under upper looping-roller f to the delivery. In this instance the web may be perfected on beds A A and receive a colored impression on bed A or it may receive a colored impression on bed A and a perfecting impression on bed A In this case the bed A and cylinder B have no work to perform. I

Fig. 11 shows how a single web may be perfected in black and in colors on this machine. In this instance the web from the lower looping-rollerf passes down under roller 6, then between bed A and cylinder B to guide 7, up over guide 8, back between bed A and cylinder B to guide 9, then up over guide 2, between bed A and cylinder B to guide 3, up over guide 4, back between bed A and-cylinder B to guide 5, down under upper loopingroller f, and thence to delivery. In this instance'the web may receive perfected impressions in black from forms on beds A A and perfected impressions in color from forms on beds A A or it may receive impressions in color from forms on beds A A and in black on beds A A or it may receive impressions in black from forms on beds A A and in color from forms on beds A A The foregoing examples simply illustrate the great capacity of the press and some of the numerous ways in which it may be utilized, anda few of the numerous threadings and manners in which the press may be threaded to produce dillerent-sized papers in one or more colors, and I do not wish to restrict myself to any particular manner of threading the web in this press, but in every instance, it will be observed, whether the press is threaded to print small or large papers or to print in black or in multicolors,whether to print one or more webs, the web or websare all handled by the 7 same feeding, looping, and delivery mechanism, and this construction, whereby I am enabled to utilize a single feeding, looping, and delivery mechanism to handle one or more Webs, printed in one or more colors in the same machine, is a most important and useful feature of the invention. It will be noted,

. furthermore, that in this machine when print- Having thus described my invention, what.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a flat-bed web-perfecting press, the combination with a single set of web feeding, looping and delivery mechanisms, of more than two printing-couples, and web-guiding devices whereby one or more webs may be printed, substantially as specilied.

2. The combination in a printing-press of more than two printing-couples,-each comprising a bed and coacting cylinder, arranged in alinement, of a single feed mechanism, a single delivery mechanism, a single looping mechanism, and suitable web-guides, whereby one or more webs may be directed between any or all of the printing-couples, substantially as described.

3. A printing-machine, comprising more than two printing-couples arranged parallel and in vertical alinement, and each comprising a bed and coacting cylinder; with a web-feeding mechanism, a web-delivery mechanism, and a web-looping mechanism intermediate the printing mechanisms and the feeding and delivery mechanisms, all adapted to handle one or more webs, through any one or all of the printing-couples, substantially as described.

4. In a printing-press, the combination of four type-beds and coacting cylinders, and web-guides beside the beds; with a single webmanipulating mechanism, comprising webfeed-in devices, web-feed-out devices and intermediate web-looping devices, whereby one or more webs may be directed between one or 'more of the printing-couples, substantially as described.

5. In a printing-press, the combination of four beds and four coacting cylinders arranged parallel and in vertical alinement, a single feed in mechanism, a single webdelivery mechanism, and a single intermediate looping mechanism, all adapted to direct one or more webs between any one or all of the printingcouples, substantially as described.

6. The herein described printing press, comprising four stationary beds and four reciprocating cylinders coacting with the beds,

stationary web-guides at opposite ends of the beds, web-feed-in mechanism adapted to handle one or more webs, a web-delivery mechanism adapted to handle one or more webs, a Web-looping device between the feed and the printing mechanism, and a web-looping device between the printing mechanism and the delivery, whereby one or more webs may be fed through the machine and imprinted on any one or more of the beds, substantially as speciiied.

7. A printing-machine, comprising more than two printing-couples arranged parallel and in vertical alinement, and each comprising a bed and coaeting' cylinder; with a web-feeding mechanism, a web-delivery mechanism, and a web-looping mechanism intermediate the printing mechanisms and the feeding and delivery mechanisms, whereby webs may be printed in colors, substantially as described.

8. The combination in a printing-press of more than two printing-couples, each comprisinga bed and eoaeting cylinder, arranged in alinement, of a single web-feedin mechanism, a single web-delivery mechanism, a single web looping mechanism, and suitable web-guides whereby a Web may be directed in a straight line through the press and printed in colors by said couples, substantially as described.

9. In a printing-press, the combination of four type-beds and eoacting cylinders, and web-guides beside the beds; with a single wcbfeed-in mechanism, a single wcb-feed-out mechanism and intermediate wcb-loopin devices, whercby a web may be directed in a straight line between the printing-eonples and printed in colors, substantially as described.

10. In a printing-press, the combination of fou r beds and ion r coacting cylinders arrangigal parallel and in vertical alinement, a single web-teed-in mechanism, a single web-delivery mechanism, and a single intermediate loopin mechanism, and web-guides adapted and arranged to direct a web successively between the printing-couples to be printed in colors, substantially as described.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY F. BEGHMAN. \Vitnesses:

F. W. DUNNING, CHAS. G; Mnonmi. 

